Mining Incidents

Sidley-Kingsville Pit R W Sidley Inc Metal/Non-Metal

SRM Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael Hollingshead
North Kingsville, Ashtabula County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3301490

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,064
proposed penalties
$6,064
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,279 1 0 438.8
2025 Q3 2,004 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 3 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 934 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 746 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 10, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting hood on moxy equipment #1450 for AM precheck and he twisted his back.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 4, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling cable back over drag when spring load of cable caused it to snap around which caused a frayed end of cable to puncture his arm.

June 1, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R W Sidley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got a foreign body in left eye. The foreign body was picked up by fan when hitting bumps in road.

2003 · 3 incidents

November 17, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
R W Sidley Inc · No Value Found

PUTTING A SIGN POST IN THE GROUND, USING A LOADER BUCKET. THE SIGN POST HIT SOLID ROCK, AND THE POST BOWED AND SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE LOADER AND HIT EE'S UPPER RIGHT ARM WITH FORCE.

September 25, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
R W Sidley Inc · No Value Found

CLIMBING DOWN FROM EXCAVATOR WALKWAY ONTO A LADDER. LADDER FOOT SANK INTO MUD CAUSING IT TO TIP.EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT 4 FT TO THE GROUND.

July 30, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST FINISHED A SAND SAMPLE ANALYSIS AND NOTICED AN IRRITATION OF HIS RT. EYE. EE TRIED TO FLUSH IT OUT AND COULDN'T. WENT TO DR. & HAD FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED & USED ANTI-BIOTIC OINTME NT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO PREVENT INFECTION.

2002 · 5 incidents

November 12, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R W Sidley Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRACK HOE BUCKET HIT TRUCK BED. EE WAS INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK HIS NECK WAS JARRED.

October 29, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R W Sidley Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

BOTTOM STEP ON TRUCK BROKE IN HALF AS EE EXITED TRUCK. FELL TO GROUND & HURT BACK & LEFT LEG.

August 19, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNED FROM A PIECE OF RECENTLY CUT STEEL THAT WAS HOT. HE WAS INSTALLING STEEL IN A CHUTE AND IT GRAZED HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

August 8, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAGGING WASH HOSE TO CONVEYOR #1. AS HOSE UNFOLDED A HOSE CLAMP PUNCTURED LEFT FOREARM.

February 21, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Sidley Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INSTALLING TAIL SHAFTS ON NORTH LOG WASHERS, WORKING IN VERY AWKWARD POSITIONS, PUSHING AND PULLING HEAVY OBJECTS INTO POSITION AND TIGHTEN-ING BOLTS.

2001 · 1 incident

May 12, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R W Sidley Inc · Struck against a moving object

A LOAD OF MATERIAL WAS DROPPED INTO THE TRUCK AND CAUSED A VIOLENT SHAKE. THE SEATBELT WAS TIGHT AND CAUSED A STRAIN.

2000 · 1 incident

December 11, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R W Sidley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHIPPING ICE BUILDUP WITH HAMMER & HIT HIS RIGHT WRIST WITH HAMMER